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Author Hallas, James H., author.

Title Saipan : the battle that doomed Japan in World War II / James H. Hallas.

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2019]

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Description viii, 552 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-542) and index.
Contents Fateful decisions -- Sharpening the spear -- Acts of man or god -- On to the westward -- Opening moves -- Across the reef -- Failed blitzkrieg -- Into the maelstrom -- Under the gun -- Tanks! -- Toward the airfield -- A gathering of eagles -- Showdown -- Mission into darkness -- Winners and losers -- Dead men, flies, and thirst -- Holland Smith vs. the army -- Into the valley -- Every soldier must stand his ground -- Beyond the valley -- Rabbit hunt -- My life is fluttering away -- Overrun -- The killing fields -- The suicide cliffs -- The whirlwind -- Epilogue: loose ends -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Summary "James Hallas reconstructs the full panorama of the Battle of Saipan in a way that no recent chronicler has done. In its comprehensiveness, attention to detail, scope of research, and ultimate focus on the men who fought and won the battle, this is the definitive military history of Saipan, a turning point of the Pacific War."-- Provided by the publisher.
Subject Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944.
United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) -- History, Military.
Civilian war casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Armed Forces. (OCoLC)fst00814586
Battle casualties. (OCoLC)fst00828893
Civilian war casualties. (OCoLC)fst01736162
Northern Mariana Islands. (OCoLC)fst01203331
Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan. (OCoLC)fst01233605
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Battle of Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands : 1944) (OCoLC)fst01103673
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
Added Title Battle that doomed Japan in World War II
Other Form: Online version: Hallas, James H., author. Saipan Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2019] 9780811768436 (DLC) 2019022030
ISBN 9780811738439 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0811738434 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780811768436 (e-book)
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